Table (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Generic tabular data. Stores numerical and textual information, formatted as a table. Supports user-defined field and record separators, field delimiters, currency tokens, ...

CurrentValue (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CurrentValue[item] gives the current value of item at a location in the Mathematica system and interface. CurrentValue[{item, spec}] gives the current value for the feature ...

Locator (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Locator[{x, y}] represents a locator object at position {x, y} in a graphic. Locator[Dynamic[pos]] takes the position to be the dynamically updated current value of pos, with ...

MenuView (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

MenuView[{lbl_1 -> expr_1, lbl_2 -> expr_2, ...}] represents an object in which selecting the menu item with label lbl_i displays expr_i. MenuView[{lbl_1 -> expr_1, lbl_2 -> ...

Slider (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Slider[x] represents a slider with setting x in the range 0 to 1. Slider[Dynamic[x]] takes the setting to be the dynamically updated current value of x, with the value of x ...

NMinimize (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

NMinimize[f, x] minimizes f numerically with respect to x.NMinimize[f, {x, y, ...}] minimizes f numerically with respect to x, y, .... NMinimize[{f, cons}, {x, y, ...}] ...

Simplify (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Simplify[expr] performs a sequence of algebraic and other transformations on expr, and returns the simplest form it finds. Simplify[expr, assum] does simplification using ...

Streams and Low-Level Input and Output (Mathematica Tutorial)

Files and pipes are both examples of general Mathematica objects known as streams. A stream in Mathematica is a source of input or output. There are many operations that you ...

String Patterns (Mathematica Tutorial)

An important feature of string manipulation functions like StringReplace is that they handle not only literal strings but also patterns for collections of strings. This ...

Random Number Generation (Mathematica Tutorial)

The ability to generate pseudorandom numbers is important for simulating events, estimating probabilities and other quantities, making randomized assignments or selections, ...